The difference seems to be, we (wife and I) never thought (probably naively) about the cost. It happened and we had to make it work. My kids probably planned for kids better because they lived what happens when you don't.
I already did move out. You think I could afford a house near the city? I have a 1 hour commute, not sure it makes sense to add to that. My wife has a 15 minute commute because she changed jobs and no longer works in Georgetown.
I don’t think it’s incredibly hard to be successful in America but at the same time a lot of places in America culturally makes it incredibly hard to be successful. I think since the 60’s and 70’s we’ve drained a lot of the country and flowed that money to costal cities. Most of that has been from the working class to the managerial class due to our monetary and political policies. That’s worked well for highly educated, politically connected, and those already holding assets but we’ve inflated the cost of things to the point that it’s incredibly hard to actually build or do anything for the average person.
I’d tell you you should start off small and work yourself up, but I imagine that’s already been broached, considering…
For every minute that Russia does not attack equals another minute to provide weapons to Ukraine and another minute to shoot down a helicopter, jet, kill a few soldiers (death by 1,000 cuts)
The Boston Marathon has banned Russians and Belarussians. It’s a little surprising to see Boston, a supposed beacon for liberalism, go this route. I don’t really see any benefit to Ukraine either. Reminds me of the sorts of things that got cranked up against German and Japanese Americans in WW2. And this isn’t even a conflict we’re actively fighting.
So, the tweet I saw about this kind of implied that it was anyone originally from those two countries. But, after reading an article, it is only those who currently live there. The rationale is to impact public opinion in Russia. That changes it a little I guess. My biggest thing is how easily we judge the WW2 generation for treatment of the Japanese when it felt like the whole world was burning down. It is easy to see how you can get to that place quickly.
Are we going to change Russian Dressing to "Big Mac Sauce Dressing" ala "Freedom Fries" and "Liberty Cabbage"?
I believe the difference is that those decisions impacted Japanese Americans. What's happening now isn't negatively impacting Americans who are of Russian descent, as far as I know.
Sure. But there is also no comparison in now and 1941. France had fallen. It looked like Russia and Britian would too. We had been attacked and everyone thought California would soon get hit. It was a scarier time. I get that internment camps for the Japanese was wrong. But it is really easy, sometimes, to judge our grandparents w/o putting ourselves in their place.
I’ve never heard of Russian dressing, but I assume it is or is similar to 1000 Island since you mention Big Macs. Either way, that shit should be banned not because of it’s name but because it’s disgusting.
I'm not sure there is a comparison between interment camps and banning someone from running a race, if we're just bringing up comparisons.
